+naj2000us Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I've been on the sidelines for a couple years. I love and use GSAK! With all the new technology though... is this the old way? Or do people still use it? I use the Geocaching app with my Moto Razr. I have a handheld. And I use the gps in my car! Is GSAK still the best way? Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Yes! Every day, and sometimes more than once a day!! Many major improvements have been made with Version 8, and of course the useful macros just keep coming. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Oh Yes. GSAK has got better and better. We cache lots with smartphones. Quote Link to comment
+naj2000us Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 is there a gsak app? Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I use it and love it. Especially the latest version. Quote Link to comment
+AndyT1 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 is there a gsak app? For Android, yes - called GDAK. It does not have all of the functionality of GSAK, but it will read a GSAK database. Quote Link to comment
+BAMBOOZLE Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I love GSAK !!! Quote Link to comment
+lamoracke Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I love it. Wish I would stop getting the error messages with my macros with the new versions, but they still run. Probably new versions of the macros but I have not looked too much. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Absolutely - for refining a larger database by extra criteria: Polygon Ranges of Terrain Ranges of Difficulty Last x logs don't have more than y DNFs Last x logs are all found etc, etc. Quote Link to comment
+Totem Clan Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I couldn't see caching without it. I plan my trips, download to the GPS, and then log from it when I get back. The more I use it the more learn about it. The more I learn about it the more I use it. Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I am moving this thread from the Geocaching Topics forum to the GPS and Technology forum. Quote Link to comment
+coachstahly Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 For a quick download from the specific area you might be caching, the "Get Geocaches" interface with the site is GREAT. You can save those PQs for when you really need them (although 5 a day is still hard to use up for me!). Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I cant live without it. Quote Link to comment
+unabowler Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I have only worked with it a little but I found a use which made it valuable. There is a series of fifty-some puzzle caches which I solved one rainy day. Using GSAK it was easy to load their updated coordinates, but I couldn't a way to do it with just a pocket query. Otherwise, I don't use it much and I don't even use pocket queries all the time. If I'm downloading 20 caches I can do them one at a time in less than two minutes (and I've never found 20 in a day). Quote Link to comment
+Dgwphotos Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Yes, as I still use the old paperless system with a PDA and GSAK is a central element of that system. Quote Link to comment
+Tuena Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 (edited) I've been using GSAK for a few years & find it very useful. I can keep all relevant caches in Australia up to date over a period of a week from two listing sites & use one macro to update GSAK. Polygon filtering is excellent as it allows you to define the areas you wish to visit & alternatively, to avoid permanently. I haven't upgraded to V8 as am happy with the way things are. I should add that I use a Magellan 710 which is also my in car navigator & supports paperless caching. My smart phone is designed for good reception in country areas in particular & the only geocaching use I put it to is for caches listed on the Geocaching Australia site. Edited November 11, 2012 by Tuena Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I would leave this hobby if wasn't available (just kidding) but I use it almost 3every day. And if you have been out you don't know about the new API procedures which make it a dream. Quote Link to comment
+gmj3191 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I worked for 40 years in the software industry, and I don't think I've ever seen a software package more fit for purpose. Quote Link to comment
the3gmen Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I've been using it for about 6 years and I don't know how I would get by without it. I have an Android tablet (internet access only via wifi) and the GSAK/GDAK combination gives me everything that I need when I am in the field Quote Link to comment
+naj2000us Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 Can someone tell me the benefits of the newer version? Quote Link to comment
+Ma & Pa Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 WE go on a lot of caching trips and GSAK is virtually indispensible. You can quickly go through a database, eliminating and filtering out the caches you dont want. With large databases, we can draw a polygon around an area that we want to attack and load only those caches. There is now the possibility of grabbing caches in an area in one step without a Pocket Query. And best of all I can use GSAK to quickly log all my caches in one step. It is quick and easy Quote Link to comment
+Don_J Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Can someone tell me the benefits of the newer version? It connects directly to the Geocaching.com servers to download/update caches, to publish new logs, to add caches to bookmark lists and to add or remove favorite points, and to download logs for the caches that you have. Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Best thing for geocaching since GPS in my opinion Among many other things, I use it to keep track of my solved puzzles. Quote Link to comment
+Totem Clan Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Just used it to sort out over 2,500 caches down to 177 caches that will help me get 5 grids on the Delorme and 7 counties that I still need. I know all the caches will be fairly easy to get to and find without a lot of work, but not just park and grabs either. They will be in place and active. They will have been found within the last few months. It would take me forever to try to do that without GSAK. Quote Link to comment
+hukilaulau Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 If you keep your "my finds" database up to date, there are some uses that are just for fun: Just find a new cache and wish you could remember the old one that you're sure was a few feet away? Just make the new find the centerpoint and nearby caches, archived or active, will be right under it. Want to re-live the memories of a state you cached in a few years ago? You can sort for that. (By state OR date.) Want to see how many of your first 100 finds are still active? Easy with GSAK. Oh, yes... I still use it to load bookmark lists to my gps for trip planning, just like I have for years. Quote Link to comment
+Cheminer Will Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I cant live without it. Me either! I have been using it for 2745 days. Quote Link to comment
+Maingray Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Still the best thing since sliced bread. Daily use, and the integration of the gc.com API makes it even more incredible. Clyde rocks. Quote Link to comment
+BlackRose67 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Being a relative noob to caching, I wondered why people used or needed GSAK since you could update coordinates on the GC.com site, run PQs and load them directly onto your GPSs etc. Then I tinkered with it, still didn't really see the need for it, then found out how the local cachers use it....now I use it all the time. Once you discover it's capabilities it becomes an indispensable caching tool. Quote Link to comment
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